(By the way, the lawyers who are looking at archdiocesan clergy sex abuse files began their work ten days ago. But one of Nienstedt’s chief public relations staffers, James Accurso, claims he does not know who the lawyers are. So either Accurso is lying or Nienstedt is not even “transparent” with his staff.)

It’s yet another sign that the self-serving secrecy that got Twin Cities Catholic officials into this mess continues.

(NOTE: the archdiocesan review board is different from the new archdiocesan panel just set up. The former looks at actual cases of reported abuse. The latter is looking at church internal abuse procedures. The membership of the former is secret. The membership of the latter is not.)